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Blooming Glen Farms offers Certified Organic produce Blooming Glen Farm of Bucks County is celebrating their 10th season growing fresh and local produce, and has announced that they now offer Certified Organic vegetables, fruit, and flowers to the community. Members of the Blooming Glen Farm's community supported agriculture (CSA) program purchase a "share" of the farm's harvest, and then pick up a selection of field-fresh produce once a week throughout the growing season. The harvest season begins at the end of May and runs until early-November, 24 weeks long. Before February 1, CSA memberships are $760 for a full share (weekly pick-up) or $400 for a half share...

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Blooming Glen Farms offers Certified Organic produceBlooming Glen Farm of Bucks County is celebrating their 10th season growing fresh and local produce, and has announced that they now offer Certified Organic vegetables, fruit, and flowers to the...

Expect to see two big trends in the housing market in 2015: rising mortgage interest rates and the impact of the Millennial generation in homebuying and apartment renting.
"Interest rates remained lower than expected in 2014 and will likely remain...

President Obama said Wednesday that the Federal Housing Administration will lower its high fees for mortgage insurance, a bid to encourage more purchases by first-time and middle-income home buyers.
The agency will drop its annual premiums on new...

More than 100 people, concerned about a proposed natural gas pipline that would run through Northampton County, packed a meeting to ask representatives of several environmental groups questions about their property rights, the health risks of living...

In today's bitterly polarized environment, the Internal Revenue Service has become even more of a whipping boy for politicians as it struggles with deep budget cuts and accusations of incompetence and, some say, illegal actions.That makes the...

Democrat Bob Casey took to the Senate floor Monday night to implore his colleagues to pass his legislation to extend and increase payroll tax cuts for working Americans with a slightly altered version that eliminates Casey's first bill's tax cuts ...

If your mortgage is serviced by one of five qualifying banks and you need a loan modification, are underwater on your mortgage or were foreclosed on between 2008 and 2011, you could get compensation through a national mortgage settlement that's ...

U.S. Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick, of Bucks County, will be the vice-chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight, he announced in a statement today. The House Financial Services Committee, which Fitzpatrick served on when he was previously in Congres

For many would-be home buyers, a low-rate loan has been tantalizingly out of reach, denied by tight-fisted lenders still skittish from the housing bust. That's finally changing. Now, thanks to rising home prices, less-stringent down-payment requirements...

The number of Americans signing contracts to buy homes rose at a healthy pace in January, a sign that home sales are poised to accelerate after a slow start to the year. The National Association of Realtors said Friday that its seasonally adjusted pending...

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates have edged up for a third straight week while remaining near their historically low levels reached in May 2013. Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday the nationwide average for a 30-year mortgage rose to 3.80...

Sales of new U.S. homes were basically flat in January, evidence that recent job gains and relatively low mortgage rates have yet to spur the real estate market. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new home sales slipped 0.2 percent last month...

U.S. home prices rose in December at a faster pace than the previous month, likely because of a much smaller number of homes for sale. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released Tuesday, increased 4.5 percent in December...

U.S. home sales struck a snow drift in January, plunging to the slowest pace in nine months. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that sales of existing homes tumbled 4.9 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.82 million....

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates have risen for a second straight week yet remained near historically low levels. Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday the nationwide average for a 30-year mortgage jumped to 3.76 percent from 3.69 percent last...

U.S. homebuilders slowed the pace of construction in January, breaking ground on fewer single-family houses ahead of the spring buying season. Housing starts slipped 2 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.07 million last month, down from 1.09...

DETROIT One of the culprits in the building and bursting of the nation's housing bubble, the low-down-payment mortgage, is back in favor and readily available at a lender near you. Numerous firms are taking part in a new and somewhat controversial...

The federal government ran a bigger deficit in January, pushing the imbalance so far this budget year up 6.2 percent from the same period a year ago. The Treasury Department said Wednesday the deficit for January stood at $17.5 billion compared to $10.3...

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week yet remained near historically low levels. Mortgage company Freddie Mac said Thursday the nationwide average for a 30-year mortgage jumped to 3.69 percent from 3.59 percent last week. The average rate...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently unveiled an Internet-based tool designed to help consumers shop effectively for the lowest possible mortgage interest rate. For this tool to work, it must help mortgage shoppers distinguish between rate...